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Jan. 20, 1945

Ottawa Political Scene May
Cause Continued Delay in
segregation, Relocation Plan

House of Commons is ex
to discus
rhe refusal of
‘to
toe government to accept Japanse
ese Canadians in the armed forces
at the next session in Parliament,
OTTAWA.—The general uncertainty regarding, the pohtical picture in
le
i Make Loans to Resettiers
according to tie current issue of
the
federal
capital in the immediate
id
appears to bo at least one
Newsweek, nationally circulated
FRANCISCO.
Confidence
factor in the continued lack of action from Ottawa in making known the
news magazine.
that the U.S. relocation centres, will
The Newsweek reported that
concrete details of its policy announced five months ago that persons of
:e
By K. W.
be vacated at the. completion of the
“since the British Army recently
Japanese ancestry would be separate.<1 into “disloyal” and “loyal” groups,
started accepting some Canadianreassimilation program was expreowith an active program of resettlem ent lor the latter.
e
born Japanese for
intelligence
4 7 HE BLACK OTHELLO
sed
by
Dillon
S.
Myer,
WRA
Dir8
A federal election—which i like! aiiiliiihiiiiiibn.iiiitiiuitiiiiiiiu.iiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiniKliiii'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiB
work in the Far East, the ques­
^ A brief report in the Vancouver ector, at a race relations conference
to be featured in some parts
tion of Canada’s refusal to use her
^ Province a few days ago brings back ' on January 11-12.
tish Columbia at least bv
Japs in any military capacity is
^some memories of good old college j
able
verbal outbursts on
The U.S. government reassimilation
expected to come up in the com­
days at U.B.C. 17C0 students jammed ; plan dispersal of evacuees from the

Japanese
question
-is definitely in
mons.”
|the seats and aisles of the auditorthe
offing.
Since tl
Prime Minister
j relocation centres to former homes
There has been no official confir­
Sium, where
used to sit in
has declared he is
I or normal communities outside the
mation on whether British author|whistle at rowdy pep meetings, stir-'; Pacific Coast area—does not take inO1TAWA. — Registration for
ities have accepted Nisei for in­
| about impatiently at wordy student i
under
family allow­
eral election is due within
: 1.0 consideration the alternative th r
telligence work and Newsweek is
j government deliberations, and chew ; evacuees may wis
ances
bill
will
begin
in Prince Edfour
months
time.
:h to stay in tl
the first periodic or newspaper
J away on pen and pencil in the unhap- ; relocation centres,
ward
Island
in
idvance
of other
the WRA direct!
carry a report of this nature.
|py silence of final -xaminations.
!
provinces,
Hon
Brook
Claxton,
iiament may be diss
oe* ore
minister
oi
health
welfare
The attraction last week, however.
s
legal term is un. am.
While evacuee moving out from
||was nene of these. Indeed, it was
the centres will not receive Ioans
' the country earlier than necus
^none other than Paul Robeson, noted
Mr
Claxtoh told a Canadain
from
the WRA, Mr. Myer expresperhaps early in March.
il,
Club
singer and actor, on tour on. the west
audience
that
Canada
report
in
the
capital
this
wc?i
that they will be; ble
® coast in his triumphant smash as
said
to make
that
this
A
stro:
smallest
province
had
been
selectngements for loans
S'
the
Ouiello,
the
Moor
of
Venice,
cd
for
the
sort
of
registration
Many
with fede
Prime Minister’s appeal
£
to
and private agencies
Indian Becomes Magistrate
eastern Nisei, says the nveei
provide experiencc which could be
sat
ek-end for the retur
on the same basis as any American >
used during regh t ration in the
TORONTO. — Brig. O. M. Martm Naughton in th? North Grey, Ontario,
enthralled by the dramatic powe: of
citizen.
g
j full-blooded Six Nations Indian wa s by-election without a vote. The story
FULLEST CO-OPERATION
Mr. Robeson, it is well known, is
Payment of the family allowCoupled with this statement was ; sworn in Monday as Magistrate in is that unless the Defence Minister
famous for his theatrical gifts,
:
York
County
Court
succeeding
ances
ranging from
reis
g
ven
th?
seat
in
the
by-election
$8 for
the promise by representatives of l
" 1 s both legitimate and on the screen. various agencies that “fullest co- ;i tiring Magistrate William Keith.
children up to the ige of 16 is
scheduled for Feb. 5 Mr. King nmBut tn many he owes no less of operation” would be given to Japa- ■
scheduled to begin July 1.
Former East York Township school dissolve Parliament and
hold
a
his public stature to his vigorous nese Americans in their re-integra—; teacher. Brig. Martin is a veteran of nation-wide election on the important
The measure is also described
leadership in the fight against tion into society and jobs in the west i the present war and the First Great issues which would otherwise feature
as an important element: in the
racial prejudice in America.
Federal
the campaign in North Grey itself.
Government’s
plan to
coast communities.
■ War.
maintain full employment after
Unlike some of his compatriots of
The backing of the Way Manpower I Kelowna Interested in Plan
The delay in action on the “Jap­
the war. That Mmi must face the
similar blood, he has not been content Commission and the U.S. Employ- ;
anese- question” seems to be explain­
KELOWNA, B. C.—Kelowna Board
problem, according to Finance
merely, to display his talents before ment Service was assured by the j
able only in terms, of the Govern­
of Trade met at a special
on
Minister
Hsley, of finding nearly
the American public to gain fame WMC representative.
ment

s
attention
being
concentrated
; Friday to discuss plans advanced ny i
1.000,000
g
on
more
jobs for Canadians
and fortune. The story is told, for
of greeter national imThe care of the infirm and aged, j Magistrate T. F. McWilliams for a |
than
existed
in
the boom year of
instance, that in some Eastern Cana­
portance and its unwiBingnesor anyone who is a public charge i permanent solution of the Japanese
1929.
stir
dian cities, negroes are banned from
up any controversy at the pre­
will, so far as possible, be returned : problem in British Columbia eno
sent time ion a matter ct Shis kin<
entertainment halls, even when the
to states and counties where they i Canada.
It is known thqt Ottawa come: that they favored the liberalization
entertiinment is being supplied by
formerly lived and will be a local j
The plan provides for repatriation
negro
bands.
of senior officials in the depart of restrictions and • agreements by
responsibility.

f
of all Japanese Nationals and t’-eir meats of 1'bor, justice and external Ottawa to underwrite possible costs
But Mr. Robeson has sought to a
children under 16 at the end of Lie I
convincing degree to use his great
An interesting note is the fact that । war. Naturalized and Can’dian-born j affairs drew up recommendations to that might be incurred by provinces
L
implement the policy. These. it was or municipalities in which evacuees
^guts as a method of putting across to date of the approximate 75,000 j
Japanese
may
stay
in
Canada
if
they
i
thought,
would be submitted to TOO are resettled.
^to the American public the idea that evreuees now resident in the reloea- ;
1


ke
an
oath
of
allegiance
to
the
Cabinet
and order-in-council
^ there is no suth thing as the inherent j tion camps, 'only 400 have completed
cut It is difficult to see
e moment
King
and
for
swear
allegiance
to
the
the segregation p-? r- in what way a new politic’"1 set-un
v imciil supremacy or inferiority upon I plans to return to the west coast.
1
Japanese
Emperor
and
Japan.
Th
| JvHch our racial distinctions rest.
were expected to be made known by in Parliament might a Tec t federal
i
The largest movement of evacuees must also affree to ,.esi(]e in anv
1 4 He sang three songs to the-.U.B.C.
the end of the ve:i r.
! policy in regard to the Japanese
; out of the relocation centres, pre- of Canada to which the
rnment
It was just at this time, however ! Cam'dian minority
tudents. But he also gave a short dieted Mr. Myer, will take place d
; assigns, them for a period of 10 years that the crisis over the conscript
talk on “Freedom of the People in ‘ ing the warmer months betwe
; C.C.F. reDresentat on woird supnort
issue developed and
ice that 1
i which he sharp I attacked America’s ; March and September. Its was dis­
: a liberal policy, On the other hanu,
VANCOUVER B.C.—Real proper- toric turning point the whole po
^Kc^i prejudice
And he pointed out ! closed that WRA hopes to close the
a weakened
I
and boat works on Section
7 cal picture in the country
1 aptly
sucli prejudice “varies centres by January, 1946.
might have to make greater <conces: Block 5 North, Range 7 West in tir changed.
with the locality so that while in
sions to extremist demands: from
He said Tule Lake evacuee;
municipality of Richmond is on the
While no information
been British 'Columbia. The Progressivesome places negroes may be granted 1 are free to return to their
auction block and offered for sale o- made available on the nature of th?
equality, there is always some other
Conservative attitude is likely to be
to be treated the same as
! the Custodian of enemy property.
proposals advanced by the govern­ influenced by
group which is restricted.” •.
demands more
those he’d there will be under
ment officials, it '
“ ” renorled than by any other factor
: the Denartment of Justice.
Award of the
SOME CENSUS FIGURES
“These people (from Tule Lake) ; Distinguished
Service Cross
to
Mr. Robeson's remarks set us won­ will naturally feel more insecure than ; seven Japanese-American iufanE-vdering about negroes in Canada, so those from other centres
he ob-; men, including one who attacked a
we looked up that fount of all infor­ served.
mation, the latest issue of the Cana­
The conference was called by
shovel, was announced on Janua’-y
da Year Bock, for some little-known Pacific Coast Committee on Ameri- ; 11 by the War Department. All
data.
can Principles end Fair Play and was i were membe-s of the f?m?"s 1Gn*h
Interestingly enough te Nisei Can­ attended by officials from the three ; Battalion, which fought in Italy
Alt
Coun- the question, urged council to change
adians
heard and heard and VP
and now in action in France
states
cil, which has been adamant in the’: its policy, although he did not speak
beard about the “Japanese problem” I
refusal to permit entry of Japanese for either applicant.
but never of the “negro problem", .
Canadians, last Monday unammouslr
Benjamin Ginsbeig, K.C., appeared
there are almost as many of the lat- passed a decision to allow two Niseis for Noguchi who was also supported
ter group as of the former. The 1941 i
to take up residence in the city. Of by a letter from the Alberta Hatch­
22,174 or )
census
total
the six aidermen casting votes, only ery Approval Association.
5^-/ • 19 pe cent of the total population :
two declared they were opposed -o
Mr. Huband,
in the same year th
the
motion but that the two cases the Presbytery committee, said he
he Federal government.
. -?q Japanese evacuees from
were different from any previously realized it was a difficult matter for
To'“. ; figured prominently in awing Cie
Tuition fees of S65 per annu
per
haddva know
presented to the council. The m->ti n council to de«l with. The committee
; sugar beet' production in Alberta, pupil are being paid by 1
oes, however, wei
was
sponsored by Aid. H. R. Chaun- “were not se; itim entail sts on the
-a
not on a
ei
government toy
a
the country far more
te
question, but I mus4 say, the people
al basis with students c
"g evacuee children up to
:ie Japanese. Nova
of
the
Calgary
E
Htxs and fees are
I
represent ar? n ot satisfied with
f 15 years.
num o er, *.buu
follows:
previous
action take n by council. Flag
). Williams.
paid for each pupils
L
7,500
The
two
applic;
dr
to exert pressure
n
■lai denarment of educ
New Brunswick. 1.2
a
Iwasa, 20, of Rar
and we must make sure that under
mbia had only 660, co:
C. Securitv Commiss
to attend a 10-week;
the pres
of
rt ime we do not
t 241 evacuee
e
22.096 Japanese.
[iilil|ilUHIli!|[I!IIIII!!ni!III!i:!'t:i!!IIinni)
tors
at
the

things
we
will
be
sorry for later.
Provinc
I
or
est citv ccneentr
He
referred
to
a
previous
applicaschool students abo
ne
। Noguchi, 24, chick
m
which
had
been
turned
down
nd
Windsor. 1.100.
m are still obliged
;
for
permission
for
id

the
British
tradition
is
that
a
month per nurm f
compared with
mr a
1

Noguchi,
to
join
I
"tish
subject
is
free
to
go
where
n in Di vis; on No. .-.
I they were born in
wishes unless he is a danger to
la a
LOS
ANGELES.
Calif.

The
As
­
ated that a total
an
47 i British subjects.
It is obvious ■
tate. The Christian tradition is
sociated Press reported last Satur­
d<
are nov
high
have faced prob>lems very similar vx
that
di
on
th
there should he no discriminaday -that Japanese fishermen re­
l not worse than, those met by
i council
tion on the grounds of race or
Oriental and Je'wish people in trying
other ;
turning to the Pacific Coast from
i
pastor of J-,
tain eauality of status. ;
:
demanc
on
fee.
from
hisK
scnool
;
Church
relocation centres will get their
chairman of
I must protest
y dates much further back
; students although Coaldale and
ce of the Unit?
Cnurcn in against the action
vessels
back
and
.will
be
permitted
ken
on previous
□ vs when runaway slave- j
; other centres have permitted evac
committee
on
evangelism
cases.
I
am
not
king council to
to resume operations under pre­
i~n plantations usees to be 1
j uee to attend classes without Pty- ■ and social
Heel and chairman
reverse
those
dec
ms but to deal
vailing regulations.
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' 20, 1945

^ The New Caaadian^

Judge MacGiiJ’s Forecast

P. O. Drawer A
Kaslo, B. C.
An Independent Weekly Organ Published as a Medium of ’
Expression Among the People of Japanese Origin in Canada.

Rates: 40c per Month

$2.00 for Six Months in Advance

Story's (fnb

• . . the children are aassier

The announcement in Victoria
yidual. This family structure lias
last week of the retirement ox
its roots in the religious belies
Judge Helen Greg
(By Bill Hosokawa in the
MacGill,
of the two nations, for it is based
Heart Mountain Sentinel)
noted pioneer woman jurist, from
upon and entrenched by ancestor
her position as judge of the Bri­
DES MOINhi, la.—So at long
worship. Inculcated in the children
tish Columbia juvenile court ser­
last you’re going home. Home.
of both nations g an extraordinary
increasing unemployment insurance claims, point to the
ves to recall the interest she took
Ihats a beautiful word. I"’s been
respect for parents and elders
indubitable changes taking place in the employment picin the Oriental communities ox
almost three years three long
and a strong sense of responsibi­
Vancouver. Judge MacGill
who
years, and home du ig all that
lity for those younger .... ’’
tui e throughout the country. Durther declines in Avar
served
in
her
position
for
time was a stall at a race-track
years
Additional factors were national
production—even though the end) of the Avar is by no
after a varied career as a reporter,
or a barrack in the desert.
or community pride, which sup-'
columnist and feature writer, hem
means in sight are likely to make' these changes more
Tnree years can be a long time.
ported “family discipline in an at­
a unique and honored place in
The kiu who was just starting to
tempt to avoid giving offense to
and more pronounced, until the eventual peace brings
provincial
legal circles. Among
sprout
at
15
is
a
mm
now,
doing
the white community and to pro­
about the entirely ucav picture. Some AvorthAvhile obser­
other distinctions, she was the
a man’s work as he slogs through
tect the good name of the group ”
first woman to receive the honor­
vations may be gleaned uoav, hoAvrever, even in this early
the mud under battle kit someand the existence of language
ary degree of doctor of laws from
where in France. He has to be man
schools which occupied a great
period oa ci the future evatuee employment situation.
the
University of British Columbia
at 18, for his older brother ana
part
of the children’s time.
_A_ndl this ceitainly promises to be a, crucial test of-IioAv
in 1938.
many of his buddies lie buried in
Judge MacGill was interested in
Students of the former Japansuccessfully the program of dispersal and resettlement
the soil of Italy. And granddad
■how long “this state of affairs”
ese
community may remember in
isn’t the hardy old man he used to
can be finally accomplished.
would exist, it was easy to see
particular the interesting obserbe either. Camp life was tough on
that the continued influence of
vations she made in published
him, ever since grandma died and
western culture would lead to a
form
on “The Oriental Delinquent
cis is scuousIa idfecting evacuee Avtigc earners. Govern­
was buried in that desolate hill­
breakdown of the religious anu
in the Vancouver Juvenile Court.”
side plot amid the sage.
family codes, which, “measured in
mental machinery is actively at Avork directing the grad­
This was a study based on her ex­
So
you

re
going
home.
It

s
a
terms of juvenile delinquency” ap­
ual ielease and the mcmement of Avar AA’orkers into other
periences on the bench and contri­
grand feeling..
peared to have beneficial results
buted almost ten years ago to the
important lick's Avher'e acute labor shortages still exist.
But where is home ? The place
Ironically, perhaps, she observed
sparse
amount
of
authentic,
pub
­
of
one

s
birth
?
The
place
where
that
“with the Canadianizing of
Very feAA’ evacuees are engaged in direct Avar Avork facinglished information on social con­
one’s dear ones are? Is it merely
the Oriental child, (however), the
lay oils as government contracts terminate. They are, in
ditions in these communities.
a structure, a house of four walls
system may break down, and we
Her study noted the statistical
fact, engaged more or less chiefly in the kind of jobs for
and roof and a road ? Or is it
may finally witness the delinquen­
evidence which showed that in
something less tangible, a place
which there is the least competition — stoop labor in
cy rates of these groups, now
the
eight-year period (1928-36)
that
is
familiar
and
full
standing so low, more nearly ap­
of
mem^PP^' orenards or sugar beet fields, heaw labor in the
“the white’ delinquency rate was
ories. Or perhaps it is a combinaproximating those by whom they
15.6 times that of the Oriental,”
woods, unskilled factory jobs, and personal services.
tion of all these thinp-s.
proximating those of the whites
and
considered the “interesting
Three years is a long time.
by whom they are surrounded.”
Wai Avorkers uoav being laid off are generally unAvilling
question — why are Oriental
Possibly now that old place, the
This speculation, of less than
to return to this less attractive employment. This condi­
children
good?”
piece that was left tearfully tn
a decade ago cannot now be
It was an interesting question,
tion AA'jll serve as a bumper for some time to the impact
the spring of 1942, no longer can
scientifically verified,—at least
as Judge MacGill wrote:
mean the things that home should
foi. the Japanese community
of the return of Avar Avorkers to the labor market. - But
“Sociologists agree that delinmean.
which had by far the larger
sooner or later the effects of this return Avill reach to
quency, like measles, is conta. Things have changed on the out­
number of children. Through
gious, and that the foliowin g coneven the loAvliest of occupations and evacuees Avill face
side. They have changed with a
war and evacuation, an entirely
ditions are potent factors of delinbreath-taking sweep and scope.
the ^critical question of Iioav great a disadvantage racial
new set of conditions has come
quency among children.
They have _ changed
peacefully
into being, the results of which
prejudice may prove to be.
with the swing and power of the
1. Residence in areas of high
appear confused and contradic­
There is thus the understandable wish among- many
delinquency rates.
°
mightiest of nations stripping for
tory, so far as the children are
total
war.
concerned.
that the means will gradually be opened for them to en­
^- -attendance at schools having
These changes have
been #more far-reaching on the
high
delinquency records.
COMPLEX PROBLEM
gage in their own enterprises, in trade, industry or agri­
Pacific coast than elsewhere.
Many families which have re­
o. Disesteem of the community
culture as’ a means to the security which may be denied
The urban areas of Los Angeles,
settled
in normal Canadian com­
for the parents’ and child’s nat’mSan Francisco, Portland and Seatto them because of that one
aliiy.
munities might expect that the
not
tie have borne the brunt of the
Canadianization of the children
4.
Conflict
in
he
home
between
ture uncertainties on the same basis
change-over to war manufacturingv. ill proceed faster than was trus
child and parent.”
and shipping- centres.
ns. I heir problem arises because they
of the pre-war period. So far as
Investigation showed that all of
The familiar blocks of the
niial relocation is concerned, it is
basis.
these factors should have contri­
“Lil’l Tokyos may be as they
unlikely
that increasing delinquen­
buted to delinquency among Ori­
were, only a little more timeworn
cy problems will result. But it is
ental children.. They*lived in°aieu3
and drab. But their spiritual char­
one
of the chief disadvantages of
of high delinquency—on the fringe
acters—the something that made
xesettlement
in the cities Grt. in
of the city business sections. They
them smug racial islands of sec­
geneial,
housing
which is available
were enrolled in schools having
urity for a minority—never can
to
evacuees,
both
from a financial
bad delinquency records—Strath^
be restored.
and
facial
point
of
view, is located
cona, r ranxlin, Central. Sevmoux
There will La many efforts to
in areas where delinquency tenets
Dawson, and so forth. The'status’
reincarnate these communities, but
to
be high, rfher than low. One
operations will be the registration to be carried out in
of the average Oriental family in
barriers stand before such’ at­
dlsllk
^5. the thought of Juope
the white community was low. On­
tempts.
MacGill's
forecast coming true. It
ly die foui th factor, which might
Perhaps the greatest opposition
vgis[ration the plan for tile whole Dominion will
may
be
that
the progressive break' have been due because of the dif­
will come from the Nisei them­
down
of
family
discinline cm De
ference in customs, was not a;
orked out. And by mid-smhmer. the Government
selves. Too many of them have
counteracted h- p continued em­
strong as might have been ex­
ventured out into the
greater
phasis
on. racial groun- pride. But
pected.
America, and discovered that there
iding cash grants for children of most Canadian families.
perhaps the pert solution is for
Briefly then, “wrote Judge
is a. demand for their skills. They
parents wiselv to seek construx
It will be a system, designed not only to provide income
-dacGiil, “the situation is that
have tiied their fledgling wings,
five outlets for the’? children In
the Oriental child in Vancouver
for families of lower wage groups as an alternative to
and they have learned it is no lonthe various communitv institutin'^
is
subjected to conditions which
5
ger
necessary
for
them
bre ak iiig wa rtime wagc
lings, but also to provide
which aim .to ^eln children grow
to crown
ordinarily result in delinquency
into
communities
of
their
own
kind
up
morally and physically sound.
g demand which will aid in
effective fund1 of pureh
yet he is seldom delinquent,
for a pitiful security.
The problem in
V hy. then, is this good child
.maintaining employment at a high level.
Evacuees who have sat tITe evachousing centres is more convex.
good? ”
nation out in the relocation cenIf anything. Canadiamzatior
It is fully expected, of course, thaf along with all
FAMILY CONTROL
• tres in the hope of returning to
been
retarded, rather than hast^-other Canadian families evacuee families will be
“The explanation seems to lie in
their former homes soon will learn
ed bv the concentration of lame
the strong family system of both
p’ihle for the grants. No Question is foreseeable in
a lesson in economics, that the
groups into tightlv-kn.it communi­
Cmna and Japan, which operates
economy of the Lil’l Tokyos was
case of families who are living independently outside
ties where contacts with children
to
control and dominate the indi‘ founded primarily on agriculture.
(Please turn to page 7)
government-supervised centres. Thus the process
That economy cannot begin to
organizing' the system should be carefully followed
prosper until large numbers of
Japanese American farmers begin
families settled in the eastern provinces, or farming Oil
co produce. How long that mav
the prairies, or engaged in independent work in Bril
be is anyone’s guess.
Columbia.
The lifting of the restriction
orders is not the end of the stoiy
But a different situation may well apply for the ap­
difficul
these days for a Cana­
for Japanese’ Americans. The re­
Editor, The New Canadian:
proximate nine thousand people still remaining in the
dian who is interested in the
opening of the coast to Japanese
I really wish to congratulate
r isei lo hold up his head before
centres and eligible for government relief. Limited
American residence means merely
you
upon
the
1944
Christmas
is
­
nt,
American friends. But every
that another, and perhaps the
though this relief may be. it was judged sufficient, cxsue. It is something you may well
m
°''
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in. ^he right direction on
,-s
most difficult phase- in their story
be proud of. I read both the* Paci­
either side of the border is a
cycle has begun.
fic Citizen and The New Canadian,
caues for hope.
There is no doubt that they as a
and certainly you have the more
CONSTANCE CHAPPELL
group are veil-prepared to face
4
gifted writers. Ever since I be­
loronto, Ont.
it. Their .strongest asset will De
findings of the Commission on this ]
came acquainted with some of
EM
the realization that they have
There Will be Just Reward $4Gir’
taem through your pages, I have
be considered equally applicable now.
come through severe tests un­
wondered how they could reach a
Editor, The New Canadian:
broken, and, all these were in anti­
wider public. The three T have
Reading the home town papers on Monday morning affords a
our continuing efforts and suc­
cipation of going home.
been most impressed by are Rov
commentary of some kind* on- the return o ’ Japanese Canadian evacuees
cess on the paper evoke mv very
Ito, Cinderella, and Mrs. Kitato Vancouver.
5
profound admiration. Some day
greatly improved as a result of
Papers for Friday and Saturday, for in
ga^a, all of whom have mads
nee. give
items:
there
will
be
a
just
reward
for
the removal of its former Powell
Twelve persons found in a gambling house at- 246 Powell Street raided
most valuable contributions in this
your struggle to give the Nisei
Street inhabitants. As Young and
last number of your paper.
by city police each fined $10: a man and a woman both of 245 Powell
a
bond of unity and a voice as
Reid point out in their book, ' The
This is good news about the reStreet committed for trial by the RCMP on a charge of possessing and
Canadians
in their native land.
Japanese Canadians”, criminal staiyn of the American Japanese +o
using drugs: a Chinese working in the confectionery store at Main
^^
a
P
good wishes for the
tistics showed them “among
the west coast. Good news over
and) Powell; fined $300 for carrying on a profitable business in the sale
New
I
ear
to
The New Canadian.
most law-abiding citizens in the
there is almost certain to influ­
of 'lemon extract. It’s a tall story to believe that Vancouver has been
CAPT. KEN WOODSWORTH
country.’'
ence events here. It is p
Vancouver, B. C.

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Just Good Horse Sense-

-V

^yOil°W excerpt rrom an article “Citizens
'-Reconciliation” published on March. 1944. bv the'Fe d
of RecoMihxtwn was written by DR. W. JARVIs' UeCU^DY D?
McCurdy is Associate Professor of Philosophy ar the Utrke-Af o?'igg
onto and is active in the Civil Liberties Association.

Dear Emy:
Hore 1

Our in the more quiet
me town, anvone wall
street would come acres;
confectionery shop squee:
tween two
other stores.
shelves are cleai
rows of canned goods
walls.

l asiime

with me tr.ristmas
pon us in full furv
rhe mw-srorm you
in Omaris, .1
cd to a ttem:
nd.
We had a peaceful C

the
y I
what

to hav
y on, K e n, Fra nk
and Yr
To. were all resiol tashme. We
id you
y much.
The
Shmwakai
sponsored a
show for the N
1 ear.
The
T.Y.O. held a very
i eai s Dance for t crowd of almost 200 boys and
nu
Prizes
were given to the holders of lucky
dance
and also to
holder of th
luckv membership
carm
there were prizes for the
Elimination Dances too. Towards
midnight, gay paper hats and
horns were distributed to all the
dancers. You should have heard the
horns competing with the music.
Some were blowing in time to the
music, and others got in groups
and went to town on some mvstermus concerto of their own com­
position. I was unlucky
horn
gave a very feeble squeak the
fiisx time I blew, but refused to
emote another note thereafter. At
midnight, we all joined hands and
sang “Auld Lang Syne” while
Walter played the record of it
over the P. A. svs cm for all of
Tashme to hear. All the whistles
blew and the dogs barked and
thus was -1945 introduced into
Tashme.

Just suppose that Canada need­
The
people and for the people. In that
ed and wanted more citizens. Row
lOO
desire and resolve, the notion ol
would she get them ?
One way
the
Civil Liberties is. born and brea.
would be to shanghai them—to
The reason is two-fold. First, such
bring them by force. But she
it here
freedoms are what democracy
wouldn’t. She can get better or
i
wants to give people — govern­
we want to buy
OUS A
sj
voluntarily. Now supposing that
I hep
you, and
anything, but be
ment for the people. Second, only
all the res: ol my fri
they are coming voluntarily" what
out East
listen and talk 1to the proprietor
by giving and using such freedoms
ble to have
would they expect or require ? In
Ik
n
enjoyable
of
the
shop.
can democracy work, for only with
Chrsitmas holiday too.
the long run they would look as
such people can government by
He
I
a
medium-sized
man
older Canadian immigrants looked
To start off the Chri
the people be possible. Democraround-shouldered, greying, sha -•for a very few simple things; we
the Tashme Elementary
states liberally exi
lor
SA -haired and not-too-tidily dres­
can name them: an opportunity to
put
on a concert in which
liberties and they as definitely exsed. He wears a pair of horned
pupils from grades one to eight
woik under fair a^nd free condi­
ist by them.
limmed glasses when he reads and
took part. The concert wa
tions like other citizens; to buy
his
grey
eyes
emanate
warmth
good
and I am sure th
what they value with the proauev
tenors
What then in simple and practiand
friendliness
which
who
seems
to
spent
many
of this labor; to make frienus.

countloss
hours
cal detail, do civil liberties demand
reach out to you
lakes you
rehearsing the pupils for
marry, make a home freely, to
for Japanese-C a n a d i a n s ? Not
feel completely ai ease.
parts in the concert an
have tne privileges of other citlmercy, for they are guilty of no
up
the colorful costumesf were all
We
dropped
in
zens of education in school for
for a visit the
offence. Not generosity, O' special
well
rewarded for theiir efforts,
other
day
and
as
their children and through lib­
in any converprivilege. Not, finally
The
Anglican
Church als;o presentraries, -adio, meetings, discussion
sation,
the
topics
jumped
from
very difficult or costly to the res:
The United Church
for themselves; to play their part
the weather to the war. We ended
of the society. Quite the contrary.
th
picture.
“Christmas
in the community as their abilities
up with talking about the evac­
The government has gone to great
Carol

,
adapted
from
Charles
warranted.
uees. He was quite honest with us
trouble and expense through not
Dickens

famous
novel.
The
T.Y.O.
These are very simple demands
and admitted he objected to the
treating them as citizens and will
also
held
a
concert.
—indeed -they are an offer. They
evacuees coming at first.
do much more; this has not given
The next item of interest to you
are an offer to take their share in
Yessir, he said, sliding on to the
them any special privilege but has
was the Christmas Eve party
building
the
community
and
deprived them of the opportunity
counter and clasping his hands on
which
was held for the Adminis­
Ihere have been rumours of i
creating opportunity, for them­
his knees. I was all against vou
of self development and social
tration
staff
of
the
Commission.
amateur contest in the oiling
selves and others.
contribution which we need, and
people coming here. Didn’t know
Me had a very delicious feast
sponsored
by the Shinwakai. From
That is the nature of Civil Lib­
we are building the kind of minds
what you looked like and didn't
complete with turkey and all the
what
I
gather,
there will be popu­
erties. They are the freedoms that
that will offend.
want to. But now I’m glad I met
Limmins and cake, pudding’ and
lar
songs
sung,
typing contests
citizens must be given if they axe
you.
What is asked is very simple. It
ice-cream, besides!
We had this
and
competition
on
dancing of all
to be citizens and not just slaves.
is what any free and reasonable
feast in the Mess Hall, and then
Tessir,
he
repeated,
I
was
all
types.
All these events will be
If a man is to find out and worn
man would ask of any state of
all went to the “D” Building for
against it. The newspapers that’s
open
to
both men and women. All
heartily at the job he is fitted for,
which he chooses to be a part—
games in order to restore our
what did it, he mused. Read all
this
sounds
very exciting, and I
he must be allowed to try, to ob­
an opportunity to work uncer rhe
power of locomotion after all th
that stuff about how the Japanese
am
cure
lobs
of new talent will be
tain, to move; if he is to use his
same conditions as other citizens;
feasting. We had such side-split
people on the coast put everybody
unearthed.
mind creatively he must be given
to marry rnd'establish a home and
games
‘Maggie and
out of business by opening busi­
information, and so on. The list
A “keirokai’ is going to be held
own your house or land or busi­
~
the Smile,”
nesses of their own. Now that I
can be made long but it can be
in
the “D’ butiding in honor of
etc.
This
goy
ness as your ability and work
wound up with
think of it, they had to make a.
summarized very briefly. Civil lib­
all
the foilmake possible; to have your child­
a pantomine “While
in Tashme who are
shepherd:
living too. Surprising how much
erties are those liberties which a
65
years
old
and
over and for the
Watch
ThenFlocl
ren educated as the children of
W
Night,

put
people are influenced by newsman—every man or woman—must
T.Y.O. concert participants. The
your neighbors
on by volunteers
to make
We owe this
pauers.
have to be a free citizen in a free
T.Y.O. te: m terminated with the
friends and bear your part in vol­
evening of fun to Mr. Kurita, who
The coming of the Japanese
state. Freedom of speech, freedom
with his helpers planned and pre­
passing of 1944, and a general
untary
community
efforts
of
people has brought a lot of busiof the press, freedom of associa­
pared this dinner, and to C.e Mess
meeting for the election of new
thought, recreation, and action.
ness
for me and a
tion are the ones most freely
House people tor the use of the
of other
This is no hand-out of mercy
executives will be held in the near
merchants, he said.
spoken of recently but they are
Building. I must remember to
future.
or generosity; it is ju good horse
not the only ones. Freedom from
thank
mem
for
sense—by accepting their cooper­
the wonderful
He struck a match md thoug]
This all the news for now.
attack, when innocent, freedom to
party brought back
ation we gain confidence in demofully puffed on his j
‘Bye now
move and own property and use it
memories of the parties
cracy and they make a contribuout a cloud of smoke and then
“C. O.”
as a citizen should are even more
tion to it. Justice must add to
started mak
Then
basic; we speak of them less fre­
this whatever compensation we
he began talking earn
quently perhaps because they arecan make for the injuries and los­
It’s the same old story- of a
more taken for granted. These are
ses already caused them through
minority
roup which has proved
rights we have taken from a large
no fmlt of their own. And sym­
that it can and will wor for a
number of Japanese Canadians.
(Time Magazine)
pathetic friendship may go further
I that
Whv are they so important?
As the time approached, thou­
to heal less
wounds of
them.
rather than work for cheap wages,
They are important — indeed
sands
of levelheaded citizens cauloss of community and breaking
that they’d start working on their
There were dozens of instances
vital — to democratic society be­
ght the tension on the Pacific
of friendship ties caused by the
own, isn’t tniat right?'] would too.
of
friendliness: Ray Sato, a 27cause they are both its roots and
Coast, talked of
move. But we must not neglect
“The Day the
don't
understand
that.
year-old
Nisei from Hood River,
Japs Start Coming Back” as
its fruits. Government can go on
the hard impartial choice: If t'-ev
Of
course,
there

s
two
sides
focal
point
of Oregon
-ie
al inwithout them. Many governments
though it were in capit-ls, like a
are to be citizens in a democratic
question
too.
If
I
were
in
business
tolerance,
received
30 reassuring
do and find it easier. But not dem­
play
title.
But
by
the
time
the
Canada, the Japanese-CanacBams
along a certain line and somebody
letters fiom former
neighbors
ocratic government, and Canaaa
Army
lifted
its
22-month-old
must be given citizens’ liberties
else horned in, though he be J
when
he
decided
to
go
home.
When
wants
democratic
government.
Japanese exclusion order last week
first and just as soon as our
anese, Chinese. or even "n E
Bruce
iWcG;]!,
a
wealthy
Sierra
Canada wants government by the
it was already apparent that there
wheels can turn.
lishman, I wouldn
like it. But I
Madre (Calif.) businessman, ran
was
going to be no westward rush
believe that every man has a
an
anti-Japanese newspaper ad­
of Japanese-Americans from the
right to earn a living. The whole
Judge MacGilFs Forcast
vertisement,
he found himself vircamps.
hullabaloo is an economic one.
tually ostracized by other citizens,
of other races is severely limited.
the children; all make it more
At week’s end only 27 had
who promptly ran a second ad,
He slapped the counter with tne
But while children may have be­
difficult for parents to assert
started
for
the
coast.
Most
of
welcoming
evacuees.
palm of his hand and said.
come more acutely aware of their
their authority. Judge MacGill
them were men makin g temporary
I can’t stand those people wno
racial ancestry — a consciousness
But the anti-Japanese feeling of
observed that delinquency, like
visits, like Indian scouts moving
jump
down another person’s
we fear has been indelibly stamp­
measles, is contagious. It spreads
a raucous minority still flared all
warily into another tribe’s terri­
just because he’s Japanese, Chialong the coast.
ed upon many young minds by the
tory.
rapidly from one child to another.
nese
or what have you. Do you
events of the past three years—
So, too, would appear to be atti­
At Auburn, Calif., a deputy
Many of the Japanese citizens
know, one of my best :friends is
it is a common observation that
tudes of lessened respect and obe­
sheriff
named John L. Shannon
who stayed in the interior had no
a negro? Swell fellow too. Univer­
dience to parents.
the family discipline of the older
said:

I
haven’t any more use for
intention of returning until the
sity graduate, but he’s working as
days is not being maintained. The
a Jap than I have for a rattle­
war s end, when they would get
a redcap because of his color. 1
upheaval of evacuation has gone
It would be quite incorrect to
snake,
and I don’t care a damn n
back
property
leased
after
Pearl
always say, give
person a
farther than is perhaps easily obsay that this has gone so far as
the whole world knows it.”
Harbor.
Many
more
had
no
in

.
enchance and if he proves himself
servable in breaking down those
to reveal itself in juvenile delin­
tion of going back at all. Of
In Washington’s coastal White
be
a good citizen, why let him be
family ties and codes which Juoge
quency in the evacuation towns.
110,000
evacuated from the coast
one.
River
valley, directors of an or­
MacGill described as beneficial so
The record still shows that such
after Pearl Harbor, 35,000 had
ganization known as Remember
far as delinquency was concerned.
cases are happily very rare. But
Tou know, it’s been a pleasure
already settled in the East or
Pearl
Harbor League, Inc. ate a
Most concrete has been the ef­
those who knew the stricter dismeeting you people and getting
Middle West; they had been re­
steak
dinner,
voted to boycott re­
cipline of pre-war days see these
to know you. Jus
fect of the sudden break-up of
to show
ceived at farms and war plants
turning
Japanese,
listened with
symptons:
the
readiness
family units. So too from the dis­
you what ignorance does. Once
with
with no outcry at all.
admiration
to
a
member
’s opinion
which children “sass” the
solution of long established coastal
y°u get to know people, they’re
°f
Nisei
in
the
U.
S.
Army:
Other thousands who hoped to
people; the frequency of encoun­
communities with a pride in their
mostly all good people.
“They’re all loyal to Hirohito.”
return eventually to their old
tering swearing and vulgar lang­
record. But no less important are
Don’t you worry though, he said
homes on he coast delayed their
uage, often when not even under­
the physical and mental conditions
Farmers crowded into the fiagand thumped our backs reassurgoing: the' feared housing shortstood; the “cockiness” of boys in
under which the families how
draped
town hall at Gardena,
tngly when we were about to
or just out of adolescence; and in
ages and the open enmity of for­
dwell. A lack of family privacy,
Calif,
and
applauded vociferously
leave. Everything will straighten
general the greater freedom of
mer friends and neighbors.
for instance, is cited as one chlet
as
Austrian-born
John R. Lechner
out for you and everything will be
activity enjoyed by children of all
difficulty met by parents in con­
shouted: “We know the Japanese
all right.
Many a West Coast citizen be­
ages. Parents themselves perhaps
trolling children. Dependence upon
have super-submarines which car­
lieved, with Dillon Myer, director
Me came away from that
admit their difficulties more than
the government, and insecurity
ry 1,000 men—they’re waiting for
of the War Relocation .Authority,
fectionery shop with mixed feelthey like when they urge the in­
and fear over the future in par­
the return of California Japanese
that
the
Japanese
could
resettle
ings and with the conviction thau
clusion of classes in moral in­
ents affects the children. The often
to start their invasion. They’ll
in coastal areas with little real
everything will straighten out lor
ok’er
struction in the schools.
embittered attitude of
come
in through the fog banks, led
difficulty. There were signs that
us and everything will be all right.
No great social problem has
people who feel that the govern­
by
10,000
officers trained in Amer­
most Pacific Coast citizens recog­
been encountered as yet. But if
ment owes them what it tooK
ican
universities.

Arid we came away with a warm
nized the right of the Japanese to
trees grow as twigs are bent.
away; the continued necessity of
feeling that as long as there are
return and live in peace. Thou­
It was no wonder that among
is not being unduly pessimistic to
conforming to special regulations-,
broadminded people like this con­
sands more were warmly sym­
the
dispossessed still in the camps
foresee greater troubles ahead in.
possibly the loss of prestige they
fectionery proprietor, they will
pathetic toward the evacuees, inthere
was indecision and bewilder­
two, five or ten years time.
may have suffered in the eyes ox
always give us courage and hope.
dignant at
speeches against
ment.

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Nationality Status
Involved in Child s
Legal Adoption

Hamilton Sees Gay

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Lalgary City Council shows Tolerance

VANCOUVER, B. C. __ The queseaC^ case °n As merits. No one ,reason to
assume, they are net loval i
tion of whether’ an adoption by an ?vh° 13 resPectable and honest should j British subjects. We should weicowIssei couple of a four year old Cana- bs debarred from taking resiae:xc ’ them to the city and give them ev?^ie
HAMILTON, Ont. — To the hit­
TURIN, Alta. — On December 24,
tunes of the past years, Sophy-Ed the Turin Y.P.A. w-ound up the year dian-born Japanese girl would change a^
Staining an education in the I opportunity. The R.C.M.P. are 1
members and their guests celebrated with a very successtul skating par­ the child’s status from that of a Bri- C,^y' ^ ^sR1 council to act according to safeguard against undesirables 'Co^
the holiday season with a gay dance
ty. Forty members and friends tram­ tish subject to an enemy alien was /ese Principles.” In reply to a ques- ing to the city,
on December 29 at the Y.M.C.A. ped merrily down the snow-covereci involved in an adoption application ^ion, Mr. Huband said “I am speak^^" ^ ‘ ^' Freeze declared tha*
made in Supreme Court chamber last I ^^ -on general principles and have while he had been opposed to Jana"
Special guests were members of tne
coulees to the Little Bow River. The
Advisory
Committee
________________________ not looked into the particular cases nese coming to the city in the
and
other day began with a rough and tumble Friday.
friends in the Young People groups game of
The
Revelstoke
Issei couple, Mr. before the council.”
two cases were different. Th^ Bai-1
hockey played by the boys
of the city.
and
Mrs.
Fumio
Yamamoto,
Japanese
Mr.
Ginsbem*
said

mond
applicant had a brother sen 8
with the girls yelling and screaming
The6
CHent h2d bee» inf0med b^ ^^
Tea and sandwiches were served as they
ing overseas and the woman had been
dodged the Turin Maple
during intermission when
bom. in New Westminster/“Her hus­
___
Yoshio Leafs on the ice.
Of B C. born Jap«ese'fc V«! Xt/ bT/* 7“/"“
Hyodo, retiring president, introduced
band, does good work ’ and makes if S
Thanks to the chief cook and botthe guests to the Nisei. Following
possible for one of our men, who
him, Jin Ide, president-elect for 1945, tie washer Obayashi, and his faith­
• i ■ x i*
— ; otherwise nii^ht be pTiG’ncrari •
he had '
to bear arms. I t« >“ £
ki?
,
“ ' whew
----------------Introduced the new executive and trie ful flunky Sammy, the members wel­ the little girl since its infancy
$
arms
!
H.
P.
Wyness,
counsel
for
the
m
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P
°^,
d
f
°
r
SOme
years

but
comed
a
big
cheerful
bonfire
around
three advisois, Messrs. George S.
better let her come here. But I do
?Uld not do so without ths I
Brown, Stan Sneyd and Bob Miya­ which coffee, hot dogs and other re­ adopting parents, was requested to
freshments were enjoyed. It was report on the future status of the C°nSMt of counciL _Noguchi was one not want Mr. Huband to go awav
saka.
with the impression we will admit Ji
°^ bvo men, both Japanese, engaged and sundry.”
Despite one of the largest snow­ funny to watch the young kids try­ child if her adoption is approved.
'
if
Chief Justice Farris adjourned- the in c^c^'sexIng in Calgary and “if . Aid. E. A. McCullough said he was
falls in Ontario in a number ox ing to drink frozen pop.
B
years, Hamilton Nisei celebrated the , The high-lights of the day were case for a week to ascertain if th? ^e Ieavcs it will be a tragedy to the m favor of admitting “Japanese who ®5
the various races and games with in­ adoption would change the child’s h^Niery business, and he will leave are good Canadians.” Aid. R.T Mder S
holidays with appropriate measure:
ft*
A *uccebStiil Christmas Party for teresting prizes going to the winners. I status from that of a British subject mIess his wife is permitted to live man said “I am glad to see this
| vith him. The case should be consid­ change of mind around council ”
youngsters took place on Decern oer The relays brought much laugnter to an enemy alien.
ered on its merits and the application
23 at All Peoples’ Church under the with all its glorious spills. Merb did
‘‘The whole attitude of council”
direction of the Women’s Group. Re­ a beautiful imitation of the splits.
granted. Had my client been called :said Aid. J.C. Watson, “has been one
up he would have been willing to ! °I racial discrimination. I am glad HI
The Y.P.A. lost a very active memservations for five Sophy-Ed couples
serve his country,” said Mr. Gins- i council is coming to- see the lio-ht” Bl
at the Toronto Nisei Fellowship ber, ~ when Mr. Higuchi, our former
I
G-C- Lancaster, who has
B
Groups dance on December 26 were president left Turin. The members
appreciated. More than one gay New acknowledge with sincere thanks his HIGO—OGURA
rwosly been opposed to Japanese fi
Aid. H.R. Chauncey said that on
Year Eve partv was organized to. generous donation to the club.
t j +
comil,8' here, said “ I am willing to
Rev. T. Tsuji officiated at the mar- previous occasion he
treed to break down on the condition that we ^
welcome the New Year. So far no
Another member who has left our riage on January 7, in the Buddhist persuade ouncil to permit a young
T
I have written confirmation of Mio H
casualties have been reported.
midst is Miss Kimiko Hisaoka, who Temple at Slocan City, when Michi­ Japanese
to. attend Mount Royal Col- these people reall
,
—rcNy are from the U :’
said “I do ’ to Mr. Matsunaga of xer- s’. ^dest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. lege. ‘ Just because these people a
police
or the authorities of the place B
non, B. C. The members wish them Chichi Ogura of Lemon Creek, be­ born of Japanese ancestry is
Men Back at Pyramid Camp happiness
no
they
come
from.”
®
in their new adventure.
came the bride of Mr. Yoshinori
^PYRAMID, B.C.—Roadcamp work­
Higo, second son of Mr. and Mrs
ers returned here late, last November
The sale of the Y.P.A. raffle ticker
Zentaro Higo of Popoff, Slocan, B.C. Teen-Agers Organize:
after working in two other camps was a grand
success. The following The baishakunins for the happy event
during the oast half year .after the are the lucky
ticket holders in oreer were Mr. and Mrs. N. Akune and Mr.
closure of this camp. The men, ori­ of the prizes won and the winning and Mrs. S. Ikemizu.
ginally working here, were transfer­ numbers:
Some wedding's
After reading the various com­
red to the Thunder River roadcamp r
_ we never
ofNo, 17, Akio Nomura, Coaldale.
Ms
Penally announced but which are in- ments in the Vancouver Daily Prov­
upon closure of this camp and last Adtm;
No. 533, Ichiro Araki, Tuna, dubitably true '.
Yoshio
a
akahcishi
Killg^
ince
on
high
school
annuals,
tire
edi
­
May were shifted to the Black Spur Alta.;
. . George TakahaNo
547, Kuni Sameshima. shi and Edythe
camp with the opening' of the camp,
Akazawa, former torial staff of . the Kaslo Hi-Lites In Roadcamp Accident
Turin No. 167, S. Suzuki, Nobleford.
R3§
Vancouver couple, in Montreal last have started planning on a photo- i
j Shinwakai was elected recently.
Alta.; No. 344, Lanky Tanaka, Ch-s- July; Dr. E. H.' Kuwabara, wellHOPE,
B.
C.

Yoshio
Takahashi,
graph annual to be published someB
holm Sawmill, Slave Lake, Alta.; No. known Nisei physician and Yoshiko time in May.
Japanese road worker, was fatally
132, Ken Sugampri, Iron Springs. Nakasuji, registered at Grand Forks
injured and Al Kaska, shevei operIn it will be personals, a prizeAlta.; No. 22S, Mrs. Katakami, Pic- last summer, now residing in biocan:
atoi, received severe cuts about the
i ture Butte, No. 536, Y. Niwatsukino, Hajime Kagetsu and Yoshiko Momo­
when struck by
repoits on class doings. In the mean­
I Turin, Alta.
se, U.B.C. grads, the former in for­ time, a news bulletin will be publish­ a road shovel .bucket at Mile 11, on
| the Hope-Princeton road last Friday,
Many' thanks to all those who help- estry engineering, in Toronto late ed before Valentine’s Day.
; reported the Vancouver Province.
. ed to make the raffle a success.
last October, now residing in Fort
Bi
On the staff of the Kaslo Hi-Lites
Both men were working on the
Williams, George ” oshinaka, wellSAINT RAPHAEL’S HOUSE,
are the following: Frank Kebe, edi­ ground beneath the shovel when the
known baseball star and former
a residence and recreation cen­ I STORK RECORD
tor; George Kumagai, assistant edi- accident occurred.
Asahi hurler, to Mariko Kika in New
raws
tre in Montreal, P. Q. is now ।
G«*. •?■£>«:
tor
Eileen Sato, literal*
Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Ouchi of Denver in the latter part of 1944.
edito
open to women relocees.
Inouye, assistant new
| Vernon, B. C. welcomed the third
editor;
TOMEJIRO SHINMURA
Molly Taira, news editor; Yasuko
addition to the family on December
This residence situated at 188S
Final funeral services were held at
Miyashita, a - editor, Nobu
Dorchester West, has many ad­ : 29—a son, Robert Yoshimitsu, born Jinxes Retain Lead In
Tashme,
B. C. on December 30 for
and Yoi
,
sports
at the Vernon Jubilee Hospital.
vantages for business girls. It
editors
Tomejiro
Shinmura; who pasesd away
London Bowling League
Keiya Miyashita,• production
is centrally located and has lar­
------- mana­ at Enderbv, B. C.
LONDON, Ont.—The Jinxes chalk- ger; Rose Fujita and Nobu Oikawa,
ge bright, comfortable rooms.
ICHIRO NISHIMURA

HERMITAGE

ed
up three more wins to boost their assistant production managers; crrace
There are recreation facilities
The death is reported of Ichiro
lead to 19 wins and S losses to re­ Vamaguchi, Rose Fujita, Lucy Sugiand rates are moderate.
(Continued from Page 1)
Nishimura who passed away at- the
tain trie lead over the nearest con­ son, class reporters; Tosh Oikawa,
Royal Hospital, in Kamloop
The residence is directed by I ed to safety :'.cross the Canadian borB. C.
tenders with a three game margin ura, Taky Suzuki and Gerrv Nicholon
December 18. He died as, a result
the Missionary Sisters of the
der. It was this movement which in the Hyman Bowling* League race, business manager. Mr. G. Thompson,
H
of severe injuries su ffered while at s|
same community which has been
gave rise to the establishment of latest report from Don Sugiman principal, is sponsoring the project.
teaching in Sandon. B. C. They
small Negro communities in South­ show.
Recently, the houses which were work at Besette Sawmills in Kam­
loops.
know and understand Japanese
western Ontario, familiar to many of
The Big Fives hung on to the sec­ called by numbers 1, 2 and 3 adopted
Funeral services were held on Dec- i
Canadians.
I the Nisei who worked the sugar ond place position adding two wins Indian tribe names.
ember
26 at McGillivray Falls. Cre­
I his is an ideal atmosphere ; I beet camps of that area three years in the win column while the DumCaptains and vice-captains of the mation followed in Vancouver.
I
and promises a happy home for • ago. But significantly, from 1871 to bells surged into the third slot witn houses are: Apaches (House 1) Sadao
young women who wish to relo- ■ the present day, the negro population thiee wins to become a serious Kitagawa, George Kumagai: Piutes
w
I in the couniry has increased by less threat to the second place Big Fives. (House 2) Shig Akada, Stan Mor- mura (Mohawks); Ted Nakamura
cate; in Montreal.
(Piutes).
^^1 o;
than 700. It is a slim increase. Its
The. Hellcats and Jokers were tied phet; Mohawks (House 3) Roy MiyaA warm welcome
ail
During
the
Christmas
holidays
the
unnaturalness is probably explainable for third. The Yanks w=re last place. shita, Muts Baba.
young women from British Col­
P,
“teen-agers” of Kaslo got together
in terms of the acute prejudice which
In the “casaba-tossing field”, which
umbia.
P:
and
formed
a
teen-agers
club.
Elec
­
a
£
has prevented the natural expansion
oscupies most of the house members’ tion of officers
took
place
and
the
■ of this minority group.
minds, the Piutes are in the lead. So
results were as follows: Sid Naxafar the fairer members of the Piutes
mura. president; Shig Akada. vice­
U:
quintette have been unconquerable.
president; Molly Taira, secretary.
High scorers on the bov’s teems.
For their own amusement and endominated by Apache-men, is led by
ponsored
joyment, the teen-agers
tricky Sadao Kitagawa, captain of
jive
sessions
and
New
on Christmas
Please find enclosed $
, for which
the Apaches. Others are Jinx Wata­
Fear’s Day.
@ Renew my subscription to The New Canadian
nabe (Apaches); Sam Furuya (ApuPlans for various activities a«
dies)
:
Sharpe Moriyama
® Enter my subscription to The New Canadian
lutes
being worked out by the energetic
Vic Shimizu (Piutes): Shig Akada i president and
his capable assistants.
(Piutes): Mats Baba
L\Vls.S^: I .Tnninv
are
j Junior and senior high stud<
ft
Sue Kunihiro (Mohawks): Sid Naka
L
for membership in the club.
(nH*
fi
$3
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Holiday Season

Frolic on Ice Skates

Many Activities Occupy Kaslo High 1

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